scale up

ampliar, aumentar la capacidad

Ampliar un negocio o proceso para que pueda producir o gestionar más.

En inglés sencillo: To change a business or process so it can produce or handle more.

• We need to scale up production.
• The company scaled up its operations as demand grew.
• Can this process scale up to serve a million users?

Cómo se usa: scale something up (The factory plans to scale its production up.); scale up to something (We need to scale up to ten thousand orders a day.)

Sinónimos: expand, increase, grow

Antónimos: reduce

Expresiones frecuentes: scale up production, scale up operations

ampliar a escala

Hacer algo más grande conservando las proporciones de sus partes.

En inglés sencillo: To make something larger while keeping the same relative sizes of its parts.

• Scale up the image, please.
• She scaled up the diagram to fit the poster.
• Can we scale this model up without changing its proportions?

Cómo se usa: scale something up by something (Scale the drawing up by twenty percent.); scale something up to something (We scaled the model up to twice its original size.)

Sinónimos: enlarge, magnify

Antónimos: reduce

Expresiones frecuentes: scale up an image, scale up a model

trepar, escalar

Trepar hacia lo alto de una pared, un acantilado u otra superficie muy inclinada.

En inglés sencillo: To climb toward the top of a wall, cliff, or other steep surface.

• They scaled up the wall.
• The climbers scaled up the cliff before sunset.
• Could anyone scale up that icy rock face?

Cómo se usa: scale up something (They scaled up the steep cliff with ropes.)

Sinónimos: climb up, ascend

Antónimos: descend

Expresiones frecuentes: scale up a wall, scale up a cliff